Triple
T4726308
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Tanganyika |
E104892
|
entity |
| Predicate | borderedBy |
P224
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Nyasaland (present-day Malawi) |
E27032
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 steps)
Every LLM step that produced this triple, in pipeline order — named-entity classification, the disambiguation choices (the exact options shown, with the pick highlighted), and the generated description. The batch + timestamp of each is in the Provenance table below.
NER
Named-entity recognition
gpt-5-mini
Instruction
Given a phrase, classify it is english named entity (e.g., persons, organizations, works of art) in Latin script, or not (e.g., literals, dates, URLs, verbose phrases). For disambiguation, the statement where the phrase occurs as object is also given. Please return a JSON object with `phrase` (string, the phrase being analyzed) and `is_ne` (boolean, indicating whether the phrase is a Named Entity).
Input
Phrase: Nyasaland (present-day Malawi) | Statement: [Tanganyika, borderedBy, Nyasaland (present-day Malawi)]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Nyasaland (present-day Malawi) Context triple: [Tanganyika, borderedBy, Nyasaland (present-day Malawi)]
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A.
Northern Rhodesia
Northern Rhodesia was a former British protectorate in south-central Africa that later became the independent nation of Zambia in 1964.
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B.
Malawi
chosen
Malawi is a landlocked country in southeastern Africa known for Lake Malawi, its predominantly agricultural economy, and membership in regional and international organizations including the Commonwealth.
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C.
Nkana, Northern Rhodesia
Nkana, Northern Rhodesia was a mining town in what is now Zambia, historically known for its copper industry during the British colonial period.
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D.
Southern Province, Zambia
Southern Province, Zambia is a region in southern Zambia known for its tourism hub Livingstone and its proximity to Victoria Falls on the Zambezi River.
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E.
Barotseland region
Barotseland region is a historical and cultural area in western Zambia, traditionally associated with the Lozi people and their kingdom.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 batches)
The batch behind each pipeline step, in order, with when it ran. Timestamps are batch-level — stages were processed in waves, so the object chain (NER → NED1 → NEDg → NED2) reads in order, but predicate / elicitation batches can sit in a different wave.
| Step | Stage | Batch ID | Status | When |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| creating | Elicitation | batch_69bd43ed84648190ae0b7ee8e8d00482 |
completed | March 20, 2026, 12:56 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69bd6446b42081908e023979c9685730 |
completed | March 20, 2026, 3:14 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69be3a0739a88190aefc952d9d9b39e2 |
completed | March 21, 2026, 6:26 a.m. |
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:18 p.m.